Hit & Skip

I'm going to end this now with my final analysis:everything was fine
until the butthead showed. up.On 13 Jun 2005 07:05:54 EDT,
"SMacIntyre" > wrote:

>Teem-
>
>OK - I'll give you back a small amount of credit - You had failed to mention
>that you were TRYING to move over and he didn't wait. I'll give you the
>benefit of the doubt that maybe you were passing someone (with the p/u on
>your tail) and then didn't give you enough time to move over after you
>passed slower traffic. As I said before, as long as your passing someone,
>and not "traveling" in the left lane, I wouldn't mind much slowing down to
>let you finish your pass, as long as you then moved over.
>
>On a side note, we have a additional problem on Long Island that amplifies
>this whole problem and that is the addition of the HOV lanes. They put them
>in the far, far left lane, so the idiots have to work their way through 3
>lanes of traffic (usually chatting away with their passengers), and cruising
>at 55 in the left lane until the entrance to the HOV comes up. The same
>when they get out of the HOV - They are entering into traffic moving around
>75 doing 55.... Between them and the people trying to go around them it's a
>friggin' miracle anyone gets where their going in one piece....
>
>Scott
>
>"teem" > wrote in message
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>> Hi Everyone!,seems i'm at fault with some of you.lets just say if i
>> tried to move over id a bumped off him & made a real mess.but I was
>> trying to move over,he didnt want to wait,thanks to all you
>> witnesses!!.And another thing:looking at the license # while all this
>> going on is the last thing on your mind.Final story,the ouside mirror
>> was broken,$160.00.It is amazing how the plastic panels/fenders On my
>> Ion ''performed''.If I was 10 years younger,I'd be hunting down this
>> aggressive hilljack. Wed, 08 Jun 2005 19:18:37 GMT, Brian Talley
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 01:14:20 +0000, teem wrote:
>> >
>> >> Well,started the week off sweetly,on the way to work,-partly
>> >> interstate driving,that's where i got nailed-some s.o.b.decided I was
>> >> going too slow in the fast lane
>> >
>> >That's the problem right there. It's the passing lane. Learn road
>> >etiquette: the far left lane is for *passing*. If someone comes up behind
>> >you, you are obliged to get out of the way (speed up or move over).
>> >
>> >Too many people have this "I'm going XX which should be fast enough for
>> >anybody. That jerk needs to slow down."
>> >
>> >Wrong!
>> >
>> >> ,which no one uses correctly in
>> >> Ohio,went around me,then cut me off,my front passenger side smashed
>with
>> >> his rear driver side,of course the aggresive hilljack was driving a
>> >> black chevy pick up.
>> >
>> >It sounds as though you were wrong to block the passing lane. But hitting
>> >another vehicle is also pretty stupid.
>> >
>> >Brian
>>
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